Saw-set



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G. A. F. CLAYTON.

SAW SET. No. 299,349. r Patented May 27, 1884..

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GEORGE ALBERT FRANCIS CLAYTON, OF MASONVILLE, VIRGINIA.

SAW-SET.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 299,349, dated May 2'7,1884:.

Application filed December 12, 1863. (No model.)

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, Gnonen ALBERT FRAN- crs CLAYTON, of Masonville, inthe county of Accomack and State of Virginia, have invented a new andImproved Saw-Set, of which the following is a full, clear, and exactdescription.

My invention consists of an inclined bedplate having an angular face, onwhich the teeth of the saw are to be bent, over which is a die forbending the teeth over the angle of the said plate, which die isarranged on a pivot, and has a spring to raise and hold it up Over thedie is a pressscrew having great pitch, and provided withweightedlever-handles, by which it may be worked quickly and with greatforce on the die, to set the teeth accurately and effectually. Thebed-plate and screw-stock are formed together with a supportingstockhaving a clamp device for attaching the instrument to a bench orsuitable support readily, all as hereinafter fully described.

Reference is to be had to the accompanying drawings, forming a part ofthis specification, in which similar letters of reference indicatecorresponding parts in bot-h the figures.

Figure 1 is partly a side elevation and partly a sectional elevation ofmy improved sawset, and Fig. 2 is a horizontal section 011 the line :0so of Fig. 1.

I cast or form a saw-holding bed-plate, a, with a suitablesupporting-stock, b, arranging it on a suitable inclination to form anangle at c with the floor of a mortise which receives the die, one sideof which mortise is closed by a removable plate, I), let into andscrewed to the stock Z), and over which angle the teeth may be bent bythe setting-die. The die 6 is pivoted on the floor of the mortise by therib f of said floor, and a corresponding groove in impart powerfulthrusts to the die by their momentum. The screw is fitted in anextension, m, of the stock above the table, which extension is suitablychambered at a in its base and over the table, to provide the space forthe die 6 and spring h. The die has a boss, 0, on its upper side, forthe end of the pressscrew to take effect in forcing the die down. Thedie will be made of steel and hardened suitably for the purpose, and theend of the screw will probably require to be hardened also.

The stock I) has clamp-brackets p and q, for attaching it to the bench sby a screw, 1., and the upper bracket, g, has a flange, a, projectingdownward from the outer end to enter a slot of a plate, a, of metal,that may he set in the table flush with the surface, to hold the tool upsnugly against the edge of the table and prevent it from working slack.

The bed-plate a is to be provided with an adjusting-screw in the hole atw, on which the saw-plate may be raised when the teeth are not to be setto the extent of the angle at 0.

By the arrangement of the die on the rib f of the bed-plate, said ribaffords a substantial fulcrum forthe die to work on, and it enables thedie to be quickly removed and replaced when required.

Having thus fully described my invention, I claim as new and desire tosecure by Letters Patent 1. The stock b, having the inclined bedplate a,with its inner upper surface forming an angle, 0, with the floor of themortise in said stock, in combination with the pivoted die 6, pressscrewj, and the spring h, substantially as described.

2. 111 a saw-set, a press-screw, j, having a quick or sharp pitch, andthe weighted lever handle it Z, combined with a pivoted settingdie, 0,and the stock b, having the inclined bed-plate a, with its inner uppersurface forming an angle, 0, with the floor of the mortise in saidstock, substantially as and for the purpose set forth.

3. In a saw-set, asetting-die, e, pivoted on a rib, f, of the floor ofthe mortise in the stock, and having a press-screw, j, and spring h foropera-ting it, in combination with the stock I), having the inclinedbed-plate a, with its in- Mr upper surface fdrming an angle, 0, with thesetting-die 6, spring h, press-screwj, and the floor of said mortise,substantially as and weighted lever-handle is Z, said stock having 10for the purpose set forth. the attaching-clamp p q and screw t, substan-4. The combination, in a saw-set, with the tially as and for the purposeset forth. 5 stock I), having the inclined bed-plate a, with GEORGEALBERT FRANCIS CLAYTON.

its inner upper surface forming an angle c, WVitnesses: with the floorof the mortise'in said st0ck,and M. OLDHAM, J12, also having chamberedextension-stock m, of M. H. HIGGINS.

